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ATENT HENRY A. TRIPP AND VALTER TRIPP, OF SODUS, NEV YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 440,338, dated November11, 1890.

Application filed June 5, 1890.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, HENRY A. TRIPP and WALTER TRIPP, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Sodus,in the county of Wayne, in the State ofNew York, have jointly invented certain Improvements in Apple Parers, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

Our invention relates to certain improvements in apple-parers, whichimprovements are fully described and illustrated in the followingspecification and accompanying drawings, and the novel features thereofspecified in the claims annexed to the said specification.

Our improvements in apple-parers are represented in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation. Fig. 2 is a verticalsection on the line 2 2, Fig. 1, showing the parts to the right hand ofsaid line. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 3 3, Fig. 1. Fig. 4is a vertical section on the line 4 4, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a plan view.Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6 6, Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a section on theline 7 7, Fig. 6, showing the parts below that line. Fig. 8 is alongitudinal section of the fork and doffer. Fig. 9 is an end view ofthe fork and doffer. Fig. 10 is a transverse section on the line 10 10,Fig. 5, showing the parts in the position they occupy when the knife isdirectly behind the apple. Fig. 11 is a plan view of the bevel-geardetached, showing the cam which operates the doffer-lever and themutilated pinion, cam, and ribs which actuate the knife and the corer.Fig. 12 is a plan view of the oscillating arm which carries theknife-rod, showing also the oscillating segmental rack which operatesthe corer. Fig. 13 is a side elevation of the cams which hold the knifeaway from the fork during its return movement. Fig. 1a is an invertedview of the segmental pinion and segmental rack.

Our invention relates to improvements in that type of apple-parers inwhich two forks are used, one of which remains stationary to permit anapple to be placed thereon while another apple on the other fork isbeing pared.

The general construction and arrangement Serial No. 354,336- (No model.)

of. the machine will be understood from an examination of the frontelevation, Fig. 1.

The frame A is provided with the feet B, and sustains the operativeparts of the machine, which consists, essentially, of the main drivingshaft 0, the forks D D, the paring knife E, the corer F, and doffer G,and suitable connecting mechanism, whereby motion is transmitted fromthe driving-shaft at the proper times to these various parts.

As indicated in the drawings, the frame presents in its configuration acentral opening within which the paring and coring is performed, thearrangement being such that an apple placed on the fork next theoperator is by it carried to the point where it is subjected to theoperation of the knife, and after being cored is discharged in the rearof the machine on the side away from the operator. The frame isconstructed so as to afford support to the driving-shaft and the rotaryforkframe on one side of the central opening, (preferably the right-handside,) for the reciprocating corer on the opposite side, and for therevolving mechanism which operates the knife and the dofferabove thesaid opening. The machine is arranged to be operated either by hand orother power. WVhen driven by power, a belt is applied to the wheel 11,which runs loose on the shaft 0, a clutch I, operated by the lever J,being provided, by which the wheel is connected with or disengaged fromthe shaft for the purposes of starting and stopping the machine. Thewheel may be fastened on the shaft and provided with a handle when it isdesired to operate the machine by hand.

The shaft Orevolves in a divided pipe-box, the rear half of which isformed in the frame itself, and the front half a of which is cast withthe frame K, which extends outward and downward and sustains the stud L,on which the yoke M, carrying the forks, makes a halfrevolution first inone direction and then in the other. 1 v

The manner of operating the forks will be readily understood from anexamination of Fig. 4, which is a sectional view on the line 4 4, Fig.1, looking toward the right hand. A pinion N on the shaft 0 drives thegear 0, which is provided with a cam P, which imroe o fare preferablymade of brass tubing.

parts a swinging motion to the lever Q, which carries the segmental rackR, meshing with the segmental pinion S on the yoke carrying the forks.The lever is pivoted at T to a suitable extension on the frame. Theoscillating movement of the lever Q is indicated by the full and dottedlines in Fig. 4.. A stud U, secured by a nut in a slot in the lever,travels in the cam-groove P and imparts the oscillating motion to thelever. The cam-groove is so shaped as to cause the yoke and the forks toremain stationary during nearly one halfrevolution of the cam P on leverO, and it is during the pause or interval between the alternatingmovements of the forks that an apple on the inner fork is pared, whilethe operator places another apple on the outer fork. The pivot T of thelever Q is inserted in a suitable extension of the frame I), Fig. 5. Thegear 0 is carried by a stud c, inserted in the frame.

The yoke M is formed in two halves, as indicated in Fig. 2, the partsbeing secured together by the screws or bolts d, Fig. 5. The boxes forthe stud L, and for the sleeves f, in which the spindles of the forksrevolve, are formed in the upper and lower parts of the yoke. Thisconstruction facilitates the manufacture by avoiding drilling. Thesleeves At their outer ends the spindles of the forks are provided withthe pinions g g, which when the forks are moved inward engage with theteeth of the gear V, which is driven from the shaft 0 by the gear W'andthe pinion X, which may be cast integrally with the gear V. The pinionand gear revolve together on the stud c. The arrangement is such thatwhenever one of the forks occupies the inner position, as represented atD, Fig. 2,its pinion meshes with the gear V, and the fork is rotatedthereby for the purpose of paring the apple on the fork. The lever Qremains stationary during the operation of paring the apples, the stud Uat'this time traveling through the concentric portions of the groove P.The stud U is made adjustable in a slot in the lever by means of a nut,so that the position of the forks may be adjusted in proper relationwith the paring-knife E and the corer F. v

The construction of the doffer, the fork, and the supporting-sleeve willbe understood from an examination of Fig. 8, which is a longitudinalsection.

The spindle h revolves in the sleeve f, which is clamped between theupper and lower parts of the yoke M. An arm f on the yoke M supports theend of the spindle h, the contactsurfaces being made convex or pointed,so as to reduce the friction.

The doffer G consists of a collar 2', arranged to slide on the sleeve f,and provided with arms j, which slide between the tines 7c of the forkand serve to force the core off the fork when the apple is pared andcut. The arms 7' are connected together between the tines k by the barsZ, as represented in the end View,

Fig. 9. The mechanism for sliding the doifer lengthwise of the forkconsists of the lever Y, operated by the revolving cam Z, the returnmovement of the. doffer being effected by the operative by placing anapple on the outside fork. The lever Y is pivoted to the frame at m, andat its upper end it is provided with a slot n, which engages with thecurved lip constituting the cam Z on the bevelgear p, which is drivenfrom the main shaft 0 by the bevel-pinion 0. The motion of the lever Yis indicated by the full and dotted lines in Fig. 1. The lower end ofthe lever reaches downward in rear of the shafts of the forks and comesin contact with the end of the doffer, which may be provided with anenlarged collar, as represented at q. The yoke M is cut away,asrepresented at r, to permit the swinging movement of the lower end ofthe lever Y. Behind the lever Y a projecting arm son the frame serves tosupport its lower end during its vibrating movement. The bevel-gear p iscarried by spindle t, passing through a suit-able box a on the frame.spindle i may be arranged to revolve in a sleeve in the box. This gear19, besides operating the doffer-lever Y, serves also to give motion tothe paring-knife and the corer. The paring-knife is carried by a stem1;, which swings on the axis w, Figs. 5, 6, and 7, so as to carry theknife around the apple. The position occupied by the knife at the end ofthe paring operation is indicated at E in Fig. 1, while its positionduring the shifting movements of the forks is represented at E. Theshaft to passes through a suitable lug w on the frame, and it isprovided at its lower end with a segmental gear y, Figs. 6, 7, and 10,which meshes with a segmental pinion 2 on the gear 19, and from which itreceives motion of a half-revolution in one direction, the returnmovement being secured by the cam a on the gearp coming in contact withthe projecting lug b on the lower side of the segmental gear y. Asupplemental lug c on the gear y comes in contact with the front end ofthe rib d, and a rib e on the gear 1) prevents any irregularity in themovement of the shaft 10. It will be understood that, through thesegmental pinion z and segmental gear'y and the projections a, b c d,the-gearp,

while making a continuous revolution, causes the shaft 10 and itsattached parts to make a half revolution or oscillation first in onedirection and then in the other, as indicated by the double-headed arrowand the full and dotted lines in Fig. 7. The shaft w carries thesegmental gear A, which meshes with the rack B and transmits areciprocating motion to the corer. The rack B slides lengthwise of themachine, being guided on a rod 0, which is inserted in the frame at b,Fig. 5, and at the other end is secured by a suitable clamp h to aprojecting arm 4). The rod 0 extends through the lug on the frame whichcarries the shaft w, as indicated in the sectional view, Fig. 2, andbetween the The ITO

shaft 20 and the spindle t. The rack B is supported by the arms j iswhich are provided with journals adapted to slide on the guide-rod O.The movement of the rack B on the guide-rod is represented by the fulland dotted lines in Fig. 5. The corer F is connected with thereciprocating rack B by the arm F, the arm being provided at its upperend with the projecting lug m, Fig. 3, which is secured to the arm j ofthe rack by the screw Z Fig. 5. At its lower end the arm F is formedinto a suitable half-socket 19, Fig. 3, which receives the corer-tube F,which is secured therein by the clamp n and screw 0. The half-socket 1)also forms a guide q for the lower end of the arm and the corer, thisguide being arranged to slide in a suitable way formed in the frame. Therear side of this way is made by the gib r, Fig. 3, se-

cured to the frame by screws or bolts. The frame has a suitable recessH, within which the corer and the lower end of the arm F slide. Themovement of the corer is so timed that it has completed its forwardmovement toward the fork just as the knife completes the paring of theapple, and on its return it carries the pared and cored apple with it,the apple being forced off the corer by the socket H, so that it dropsdown and is guided by the inclined chute I on the frame into a suitablereceptacle at the rear of the machine. The cores are discharged throughthe corer, the gib 1'' having an upwardly-projecting curved arm 5, Figs.1 and 3, which assists the socket H in stripping the apples from thecorer; but the cores as they pass from the corer fall downward over theouter end of the gib 0" into a suitable receptacle. The corer is formedof a tube of suitable dimensions, preferably of a metal which is notcorroded by the acid juices of the fruit. The front end of the corer ispreferably beveled on the rear side, as indicated by the dotted lines t,Fig. 1, so as not to interfere with the paring-knife. The corer isreadily detached from the arm F, or its position relative to the forkadjusted, by means of the clamp n and screw 0.

In order to provide for holding the paringknife away from the forkduring its return movement, we employ the cam a on the upper end of therevolving shaft 25, arranged to act upon the cam 17 on the upper end ofthe knife-stem o. A spring 0, attached at one end to the arm 6 on thecam b and at the other end to the arm 6', which oscillates with thesegmental pinion y, serves to hold the paring-knife against the appleduring the paring operation. The arms 01' and c" are provided with aseries of notches, so that the tension of the spring 0 may be regulatedby engaging the loops at its ends in the various notches. The cam a" isattached to the upper end of the'shaft t by the set-screw f, Fig. 13, sothat its position can be adjusted to vary the movement of theparing-knife relatively to the apple. The cam 17 is attached to theupper end of the knife-stem c by the set-screw 9, Fig. 13.

The segmental pinion y is provided with a projecting arm h,which isslotted to permit the movement of the knife-stem c.

The upper end of the arm h is made of reduced dimensions, so that it canfit the socket 1', Figs. 6 and 10, in the lower side of the arm I). Thespring 0 holds the socket 2' down on the upper end of the arm h", whileat the same time permitting the swinging of the knife-stem o. The slotj", in which the knife-stem o swings, is represented in the invertedView, Fig. 14, of the segmental pinion y and the segmental rack A, whichfigure also shows the earns 19' and c, which effect the return movementof the paring-knife and corer. The cam a consists of a circular flangearranged spirally about the shaftt and adapted by the contact of itslower surface with the cam b" to give the requisite swinging movement tothe knife-stem, as indicated by the full and dotted lines in Fig. 10.The paringknife is of any ordinary or preferred construction, and it isattached to the lower end of the knife-stem in any suitable manner.

The yoke M is provided with a stiffeningrib is". The shaft L is insertedin a suitable boss in the upright portion of the arm K. The yokerevolves freely on the shaft L, its movements by which the forks areinterchanged being controlled entirely by the lever Q and rack R. Theline of division between the upper and lower portions of the yoke M isindicated by the line Z, Fig. 2. It will be observed that theconstruction of the mechanism for operating the coring device imparts tothe corer a slow forward and a quick return move- I ment.

The arm f, which receives the end thrust of the fork-shaft, is cast witheither the upper or lower portion of the yoke M.

WVe claim 1. The combination, with the supportingframe and main shaft 0,of the interchanging forks D D, the oscillating yoke M, provided withpinion S, the pivoted lever Q, having stud U and curved rack R, meshingwith the pinion on the yoke, the vibrating lever Q, and the revolvingcam P, provided with a camgroove having two concentric portions, wherebya vibrating movement is imparted to the lever and the forks are causedto interchange positions by the oscillation of the yoke first in onedirection and then in the other, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the forks D D IIO and supporting-shaft L, ofthe divided yoke I having two concentric portions, the gears W, V, X,and O, and the pinion C, substantially as described.

4. The combination, with the rotating fork of an apple-parer, of theparing mechanism consisting of the continuously-revolving gear 19 andshaft t, carrying cam a, the pivoted oscillating knife-stem '0, providedwith cam b, the segmental gears y and z, and cams a 1), whereby anoscillating movement is imparted to the knife-stem from thecontinuously-revolving gear, substantially as described.

5. The combination, With the oscillating segmental pinion y, carryingthe slotted arm h, of the knife-stem 'u, knife E, cam 19, having socketi, and spring 0, substantially as described.

6. The combination, with the supportingframe, of the rotating fork andsuitable paring mechanism, the reciprocating coring-tube F, arm F,provided with clamp n and screw 0, whereby the position of thecoring-tube relatively to the fork is adjusted, rack B, and oscillatingsegment A, substantially as described.

7. The combination, with the supportingframe, of the rotating fork andsuitable parin g mechanism, the reciprocating coring-tube F, arm F,provided with clamp n and screw 0', and the socket H, having gib s,substantially as described.

8. The combination, with the supportingframe provided with the inclinedchute I, of the fork D, carrying the sliding dofier G, and thereciprocating corer F, arranged to discharge the cored apple down thechute on its return movement by bringing it in contact with the frame,substantially as described.

9. The combination,with the supporting frame and the main shaft 0,provided with bevel-pinion 0, of the bevel-gear 19, having cam Z, thefork D, the sliding tubular doffer G, and the angular doffer-lever Y,substantially as described.

10. The combination, with the supportingframe and the main shaft 0,provided with beveled pinion 0, of the bevel-gear 1), having cam Z, theinterchanging forks D D, carrying sliding tubular doifers G G, theoscillating yoke M, suitable mechanism adapted to drive the forks whenin operative position and to impart an oscillating movement first in onedirection and't-hen in the other to the yoke, and the pivoteddoffer-lever Y, arranged to move the doifers in succession,substantially as described.

11. The combination, with the forks D D,

doffers G G, shafts h h, and sleeves ff, of the divided yoke M,substantially as described.

12. The combination, with the forks D D,

.doffers G G, shafts h h, and sleeves ff, of the HENRY A. TRIPP. VALTERTRIPP.

Witnesses:

CHARLES L. BROWN, J. J. SEYMOUR.

